Education - Gender dimension for better health

Information related to educational (& related) activities at undergraduate and graduate levels.

If you have any questions and requests for teaching or if you are interested in the specific educational materials, please feel free to contact us.

Educational activities present at Karolinska Institutet

  • To know more about the cross-program course: Hälsa och ohälsa ur ett genusperspektiv, contact the administrator Karolina Kublickiene at CLINTEC.
     
  • Continuous teaching for medical students term 2 and/or 4 about sex and gender aspects in medicine (in collaboration with Mini Maria Ruiz Narbona), and others on demand (e.g. biomedicine program with course 4BI104, sex and gender aspects in biomedicine. Responsible: Prof. Rachel Fisher).

For doctoral education at KI

  • Web-based doctoral course “Sex and gender perspectives in cardiovascular research” (1 ECT). Contact Karolina Kublickiene for more information. In the catalogue for doctoral courses
     
  • Doctoral course “Sex and gender aspects in biomedical research” (1.5 ECT). Contact Karolina Kublickiene for more information.
     
  • Doctoral course on “Health, gender and human rights: an introduction” (3 ECT). Contact Mariano Salazar for more information.

International online courses

NIH - National Institutes of Health

Women’s College Research Institute (WCRI) -  SGBA+ 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

As part of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Institute of Gender and Health is an international leader in fostering research that explores how sex and gender influence health.
 

Online Training Modules - take these training courses to learn how to:

  • Distinguish between and define sex and gender in health research.
  • Identify sex and gender differences in the mechanism, disease or treatment under study.
  • Identify methods for integrating sex and gender variables in health research contexts.
  • Assess a research protocol or publication based on the integration or omission of sex and/or gender.

Gender Equality Academy

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Content reviewer:
16-09-2024